DR Testing

Hi all -
I am working with the DBA's to do some DR testing to see how to recover the
Master db if it became corrupted or unusable. We found a bunch of links
about doing this, but nothing seems to work. We used the SQL Server 2005
setup.exe method that MS seems to indicate is the way to do it, but it bombs
with no error and does nothing. We then just ran setup and went through the
steps, and when it does it's pre-installation checking, it complains that we
are trying to change the edition. I am guessing at this point this is
because we installed SP2, and are trying to recover using the non-SP CD.
Since MS does not allow slipstreaming service packs with SQL Server, how are
you supposed to do this?
Thanks for any info anyone can provide
MattHello Matt,
Here you go:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190679.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175535.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190190.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191431.aspx
Cheers!
MB
"md" <someone@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all -
> I am working with the DBA's to do some DR testing to see how to recover
> the Master db if it became corrupted or unusable. We found a bunch of
> links about doing this, but nothing seems to work. We used the SQL Server
> 2005 setup.exe method that MS seems to indicate is the way to do it, but
> it bombs with no error and does nothing. We then just ran setup and went
> through the steps, and when it does it's pre-installation checking, it
> complains that we are trying to change the edition. I am guessing at this
> point this is because we installed SP2, and are trying to recover using
> the non-SP CD. Since MS does not allow slipstreaming service packs with
> SQL Server, how are you supposed to do this?
> Thanks for any info anyone can provide
> Matt
>|||Thanks MB. We had found some of these already, but not all. I forwarded them
to the DBA to take a look.
Thanks again
Matt
"MB" <MB@.MB.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Matt,
> Here you go:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190679.aspx
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175535.aspx
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190190.aspx
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191431.aspx
> Cheers!
> MB
>
> "md" <someone@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uDac9PDfHHA.5056@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all -
>> I am working with the DBA's to do some DR testing to see how to recover
>> the Master db if it became corrupted or unusable. We found a bunch of
>> links about doing this, but nothing seems to work. We used the SQL Server
>> 2005 setup.exe method that MS seems to indicate is the way to do it, but
>> it bombs with no error and does nothing. We then just ran setup and went
>> through the steps, and when it does it's pre-installation checking, it
>> complains that we are trying to change the edition. I am guessing at this
>> point this is because we installed SP2, and are trying to recover using
>> the non-SP CD. Since MS does not allow slipstreaming service packs with
>> SQL Server, how are you supposed to do this?
>> Thanks for any info anyone can provide
>> Matt
>>
>

DR Testing

Hi all -
I am working with the DBA's to do some DR testing to see how to recover the
Master db if it became corrupted or unusable. We found a bunch of links
about doing this, but nothing seems to work. We used the SQL Server 2005
setup.exe method that MS seems to indicate is the way to do it, but it bombs
with no error and does nothing. We then just ran setup and went through the
steps, and when it does it's pre-installation checking, it complains that we
are trying to change the edition. I am guessing at this point this is
because we installed SP2, and are trying to recover using the non-SP CD.
Since MS does not allow slipstreaming service packs with SQL Server, how are
you supposed to do this?
Thanks for any info anyone can provide
MattHello Matt,
Here you go:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190679.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175535.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190190.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191431.aspx
Cheers!
MB
"md" <someone@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all -
> I am working with the DBA's to do some DR testing to see how to recover
> the Master db if it became corrupted or unusable. We found a bunch of
> links about doing this, but nothing seems to work. We used the SQL Server
> 2005 setup.exe method that MS seems to indicate is the way to do it, but
> it bombs with no error and does nothing. We then just ran setup and went
> through the steps, and when it does it's pre-installation checking, it
> complains that we are trying to change the edition. I am guessing at this
> point this is because we installed SP2, and are trying to recover using
> the non-SP CD. Since MS does not allow slipstreaming service packs with
> SQL Server, how are you supposed to do this?
> Thanks for any info anyone can provide
> Matt
>|||Thanks MB. We had found some of these already, but not all. I forwarded them
to the DBA to take a look.
Thanks again
Matt
"MB" <MB@.MB.com> wrote in message
news:%23K4VhcDfHHA.4916@.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hello Matt,
> Here you go:
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190679.aspx
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175535.aspx
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190190.aspx
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191431.aspx
> Cheers!
> MB
>
> "md" <someone@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uDac9PDfHHA.5056@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>sql

Downloading Reporting services

Hello,
I have downloaded an eval version of Reporting services
from microsoft.com . But the file is corrupted and will
not run on my pc. Can any one help where can I get the
latest and greatest version other than microsoft.com ?
Thanks a lot for your help.
- SThis link details how you can get a version of RS besides downloading.
What problem were you seeing running the downloaded version?
--
-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Sunil" <sunilor@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I have downloaded an eval version of Reporting services
> from microsoft.com . But the file is corrupted and will
> not run on my pc. Can any one help where can I get the
> latest and greatest version other than microsoft.com ?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> - S|||Forgot to post the link. :)
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/howtobuy/default.asp
--
-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Sunil" <sunilor@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:244801c49cc6$44b5cf80$a401280a@.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> I have downloaded an eval version of Reporting services
> from microsoft.com . But the file is corrupted and will
> not run on my pc. Can any one help where can I get the
> latest and greatest version other than microsoft.com ?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
> - S